Sustainability of ABS and Biotrade in Nepal

A one day national workshop on Sustainability of ABS and Biotrade in Nepal had been jointly organized by Centre for Policy Studies and Rural Development, Kathmandu and the section Sustainability Research, University of Basel, Switzerland on January 30, 2012 in Lalitpur, Nepal. The workshop was attended by stakeholders from business community, private organizations, NGOs (nongovernmental organizations), CBOs (community based organizations), the Government of Nepal, and academics from different disciplines such as chemistry, ecology, forestry, agriculture, plant breeding and economics. Papers were presented from representatives of FECOFUN, AEC/FNCCI, Government of Nepal and ICIMOD. The chief guest, Mr Keshav P Bhattarai, Secretary of Ministry of Forest and Social Conservation (MOFCS) inaugurated the workshop. This document is a report of this meeting.